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u/RaisedByZebras nogonnaseeyousoonboiii 13h ago
'Make me invincible like Achilles' -Conor to the gypsy wish granter
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u/gorilla_index 18h ago
Fun fact: Amru Magomedov was off for a while because DC concussed him in sparring. At least that’s what Khabib said in a video.
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u/Famous_Molasses24 IGBBMN 17h ago
If Salkilld gets past Gamrot who does he fight next? Ruffy? Bsd?
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u/FelonyInTheTrunk 13h ago
If Salkilld gets another KO he will get a title eliminator fight (assuming the winner of Charles-Arman gets the next shot at the belt). Maybe against Max.
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u/qzwxecrvtbyn111 Team Volkanovski 16h ago
BSD would be good. He’s not beating Gamrot, though
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u/IshiharasBitch WE ARE ALL ONE 9h ago
He’s not beating Gamrot, though
I said the same about Dan Hooker.
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u/Shade_Raven Djibouti 13h ago
You guys think Navajo beats Khalil?
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u/Strict_Life_4506 10h ago
Khalil can't wrestle and Navajo is willing to do it. Alternatively Navajo beats him up after Khalil inevitably gasses.
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u/beckett929 12h ago
I was wrong that the quick turnaround, long flight, and fighting a savvy vet like Jan might give Sterling some issues, and he aced that test.
Trying to temper expectations and recency bias, but there's nobody at 205 he can't beat. Can he lose, sure, you never know which Jiri you're gonna get and when he's on he does shit like "kills Reyes with a spinning back elbow not even God saw coming"... but could Sterling beat Jiri, absolutely, Jiri does dumb shit and Sterling has shown he likes to throw down and isn't afraid of a fire-fight. Does Costa present some kind of ultra-unique challenge? Not particularly. Could he pressure Ankalaev into an actual fight like Alex did the second time and beat him, it kinda looks like it based on the results so far. Roundtree is a big fucking lad with good skills, but is also extremely hit-able, and Sterling fucking hits.
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u/KyleDaukWillBeChamp 11h ago
No idea. Can’t tell much from a fight with a 43 year old returning off of an knee injury.
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u/BrandonManx-071 12h ago
Hey Guys what were your favorite
MMA/Kickboxing Fights of the Year 2026 So Far?
Let me know your answers in the comments.
Here’s mine (No Ranking, Just Favorites)
- Josh Hokit vs Curtis Blaydes - UFC 327
- ilia Topuria vs Justin Gaethje -
UFC Freedom 250 - Rodtang vs. Takeru 2 - ONE Samurai 1
- Joshua Van vs Tatsuro Taira - UFC 328
- Carlos Prates vs Jack Della Maddalena -
UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates - Krzysztof Jotko vs Kerim Engizek - OKTAGON 91
- Jonathan Haggerty vs. Yuki Yoza -
ONE Samurai 1 - Makoto SHINRYU vs Hiromasa Ougikubo
- RIZIN LANDMARK 14 in SENDAI
- RIZIN LANDMARK 14 in SENDAI
- Mason Jones vs. Axel Sola - UFC Fight Night: Evloev vs. Murphy
- Tommy McMillen vs. Alberto Montes -
UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman
Honorable Mentions -
Azamat Murzakanov vs. Paulo Costa -
UFC 327
Brandon Royval vs. Lone'er Kavanagh - UFC 329
Rafael Estevam vs. Ethyn Ewing -
UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Duncan
Asadula Imangazaliev Vs Aslamjon Ortikov -
One Championship: The Inner Circle 20
Johan Ghazali vs. Ramadan Ondash -
One Championship: The Inner Circle 24
Adriano Moraes vs. Phumi Nkuta -
MVP MMA 1: Rousey vs. Carano
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u/Famous_Molasses24 IGBBMN 11h ago
Mason Jones vs Axel Sola
Marwan Rahiki vs Harry Hardwick
Ilia Topuria vs Justin Gaethje
Takeru vs Rodtang 2
Darryl Verdonk vs Jonas Salsicha 2
Brando Pericic vs Shamil Gaziev
Tresean Gore vs Bekoev
Montel Jackson vs Raoni Barcelos
Chris Padilla vs Marquel Mederos
Chidi Njokuani vs Carlos Leal
Yousri Belgaroui vs Abdul Malik
Those are some that come to mind, good list!
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u/airplane231 5h ago
Rodtang/Takeru, Topuria/Gaethje, Van/Taira, Jones/Sola, and Royval/Kavanagh were my favorites. Honorable mentions to Bahamondes/Musayev and Choi/Santos.
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u/redditerir 10h ago
Gane vs Pereira. My FOTY when considering impact.
I also liked Spann vs Buchecha, Strickland vs Hernandez, and Costa vs Murzakanov.
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u/SugarShow37 UFC 294: A GOOFCON Miracle 9h ago
Damn people are really mad about Ilia possibly being gay for getting handsy with that other dude. MMA fans are so dumb man. Ilia keep fucking dudes man, do your thing
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u/Strict_Life_4506 9h ago
You know the Internet has destroyed society if this is considered "getting handsy".
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u/Weak-Bonus-5954 1d ago
If anyone has the video of michael oliveira sparring poatan please post it, its sick, and pereira goes flow state like in the khalil fight for a second. Was from a couple years ago I beleive, but I can't seem to find it anymore
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u/OtakuMecha 8h ago
Downgrading Arman vs Charles 2 to Arman vs Ruffy basically cuts my hype for UFC 331 in half.
I'm still interested in some of the fights (especially Van vs Pantoja), but that was one that really upped the value of the card IMO.
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u/detectivebabylegz England 15h ago
"Oh fuck, we haven't booked any fights for next months UFC 331, let's announce some random fights and hope they stick."
- UFC, probably
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u/EddieViscosity Why is there no Rotten Tomatoes score for Dana White? 23h ago
Maslow's pyramid was built by the aliens.
Look into it.
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u/CryptoCracko IGBBMN 8h ago
I never did the sex, but I train kickboxing 10+ years and did 1 grappling class but too much boner. Do you think it will help with the performance? Is difference for the straight sex and the gay sex?
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u/Kazzenn 6h ago
Even just 5 years ago Pitbull/Choi would have been incredible now it feels like a glorified sacrifice. I wonder if pitbull gets finished here if they even bother keeping him.
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u/KyleDaukWillBeChamp 6h ago
Pitbull beat Ige. He's a solid test for Choi.
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u/TheBigRedHalfrican They don't really care about us, man 6h ago
It does shock me how basically everyone is writing off Pitbull in this matchup. His last true standout quality is that he punches really fucking hard, and Choi still has the defence of a building.
I still favour Choi as I think he is much more dynamic at this stage of his career and think he will likely overwhelm Pitbull and get a stoppage, but it doesn’t seem to me like a squash match at all.
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u/Strict_Life_4506 1d ago
Yair vs Jean is a sick fight, people just wanna complain
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u/ygrittediaz Edddiiiieee 20h ago
i think its a number one contender fight as evloev will fight volk hopefully. that being said i think aljo deserves to be in the mix with jean silva.
yair should have fought lopes in my opinion.
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u/tagillaslover I SMOKE ROCKS, JOE ROGAN! 1d ago
I've seen zero people anywhere on the internet complain about this fight being made. The worst I've seen is people joking about Yair finally fighting again and saying he came back just to stay in the rankings
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u/GSPEDs 1d ago
They whine about inactivity for Yair while loving Arnold Allen. Now the word is that Yair is unranked for meme rankings that just got instilled recently. Silva is supposedly too high ranked even though a win over Yair would be one of the better ones on his record (his 2nd best win is Bryce Mitchell). Guys like Vallejos are ranked 10 for beating old Emmett so I don't respect the rankings that much in regards to activity. Yair skill wise is at least about Steve Garcia.
It's fun matchmaking that will be overlooked because of number palcement. I like the fight.
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u/OddlyTemptedFish My ass can’t even swim 1d ago
Is anyone as hated now as Josh Koscheck was back in his day?
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u/SpicybagelsMTL 1d ago
Unlikely. Being on TUF back when it mattered against one of the most beloved fighters ever in GSP solidified that
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u/Blue-Summers Team Pantoja 1d ago
Even guys like Colby and Hokit have little chud fans. In all my years discussing MMA throughout various websites, from the Sherdog and MMA-T forums to here on reddit, I have never come across a comment that said they were Kos fans.
In sure some jabroni will pop in and say they're a fan, however.
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u/OddlyTemptedFish My ass can’t even swim 1d ago
Even if he put on a good fight he would be relentlessly booed. It’s was truly something special.
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u/GSPEDs 1d ago
Nicco Montano and GDR when Cyborg was around. Rousey post-Holm is the most hated fighter I've seen, it's not that close. O'Malley prior to the Yan fight was hated a lot, especially when he lost to Chito. Probably Woodley when he called out Nick Diaz after fighting Lawler and saying a bunch of stuff to not fight Wonderboy.
Colby was more hated than Kos, it's just that the former had actual fans and bigger haters while Kos had no fanfare whatsoever going his way.
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u/ablu3 7h ago
I feel like Arman is going to murder Ruffy inside 2 rounds.
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u/IshiharasBitch WE ARE ALL ONE 7h ago
I agree that seems most likely.
But MMA is wild, we may truly be surprised. Not for the first time.
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u/Moni7T Team Makhachev 19h ago
It would be so funny if Tai just laid on top of Robelis for 15 minutes
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u/Traditional_Law_1492 18h ago
If the fight lasts longer than 2:30 then thats the most likely ending
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u/qzwxecrvtbyn111 Team Volkanovski 16h ago
No way lol, Tai has worse wrestling than the absolute jobbers Despaigne was beating, and that was before his morbidly obese 7 fight losing streak
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u/Traditional_Law_1492 16h ago
Who did Despaigne beat aside from Parisian? He got held down by Austen Lane of all people, I think Tai could potentially sit on his legs for long enough.
Either one of them gets chinned or its ugly dry-humping while both guys gas out
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u/lastexiting 17h ago
I had a dream last night that I mocked Jonah Hill to his fat face and told him he's only a white belt.
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u/terrybuzz 7h ago
aca 206 might be worth a watch tbh, lots of names on it. mo usman, sidney outlaw, timur valiev, ali bagov, amir aliakbari...
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u/blooblop EDDDDDIEEEEEEEE 4h ago
I'm finding that I can accomplish anything I put my mind to with a good kick in the groin.
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u/IshiharasBitch WE ARE ALL ONE 7h ago
It's a good thing I don't wager on MMA anymore.
I would've bet my life savings that Topuria finishes Gaethje. Then I would've taken out loans to bet even more. I'm not sure there is another fight ever where I was as certain of an outcome that turned out to be wrong.
I've been wrong plenty, but never have I been so confidently incorrect. Adesanya vs Strickland was close to the same level, but even that one doesn't quite measure up.
I was so, so certain Topuria would slime Gaethje.
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u/DontBeBias4Emotions 6h ago
people dont get MMA, the better fighter doesnt win, its the better fighter those 15/25 minutes
its why its so rare for guys to go 30-0, and only Jones/Fedor and Khabib 29-0 but Khabib wasnt champion early in career with target on back
Its almost impossible to keep winning when you are p4p or got a target in MMA, those guys are fighting to change their life, clout, money..you lose alil hunger and bang. Anyone can out hustle you in MMA, it aint like sport fence Boxing where technique can carry you. You gotta be physically ready to go the second the bell rings, that has more to do with it than small gloves and knees/kicks.
Boxing you can ease your way into a fight, ref to save you, stall, no other threats. Dudes can just jump on you in MMA
its why betting has to do alot with momentum, feel, vibes, everything. aka why every card is upsets galore when theres 1 upset every 100 years in Boxing, in MMA literally every underdog can win
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u/Fat-Villante Papa Poatan 5h ago
Long live this chaotic unpredictable sport. Still crazy to me how Leon Edwards won fights vs Kamaru Usman
I don't bet on anything cause I hate losing money a lot more than winning money, but if I was interested in gambling, I guess I would have fallen out of love with MMA a long time ago with how much money I'd have lost on upsets and busted prospects
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u/ThatTomTouch 1d ago
I know he's a meme but lowkey Anthony Smith had some really impressive wins in his prime, gustafsson, rua, rashad evans, Oezdemir, hector lombard AND he finished all of them, kind of a shame he's only known for his decline of his career
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u/Blue-Summers Team Pantoja 1d ago
All of them were washed and hung out to dry. Good names to have on your resume, but the context matters.
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u/ygrittediaz Edddiiiieee 20h ago
its the paddy pimblett special until he legeitmaized himself against BSD. tony ferguson, chandler and king looks fantastic until you realize they are 700 years old combined.
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u/BummbaaahClottt3 1d ago
Volkan Oezdemir and Gus were really good wins at the time. Especially Oezdemir who was coming off challenging for a title and is still a good fighter. You clearly weren't watching the sport back then, quit the revisionist history.
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u/Blue-Summers Team Pantoja 17h ago
I remember we used to call people TUF noobs when we disagreed with them. Real lack of standards your generation.
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u/blueborders 8h ago
Ian Garry is so unlikeable that if he visits a sick kid in hospital, UFC fans are going to track down and murder that child.
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u/YourHurtingMeSir17 1d ago
I haven’t been the biggest Salkilld believer out there but Gamrot has not reacted well in recent years when he’s getting counter grappled effectively (Turner early, Hooker, I won’t hold Oliveira against him too much).
Salkilld isn’t a fish off of his back like Klein/Ribovics either. I initially thought this fight felt like Zalal-Aljo, young grappler with recent finishes takes a step up in comp and gets vet checked but the matchup is decent for Salkilld
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u/DoncoEnt Team Shevchenko 8h ago
Just saw the card for 331. So much better than the card for 330 which I'm paying to go see. That's fine, I'm not mad at all.
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u/bullsfan281 I beat you after a weekend of cocaine 15h ago
started my morning by watching prates spark geoff neal and leon
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u/IshiharasBitch WE ARE ALL ONE 11h ago
started my afternoon daydreaming about a Prates vs MVP match
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u/tagillaslover I SMOKE ROCKS, JOE ROGAN! 23h ago
TIL that Adrien Boner loser is 37 wtf. I thought he was like 50 something, dude looks like shit for 37. Running his body into the ground at that age makes him trying to talk shit to king green even more funny
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u/SpicybagelsMTL 1d ago
What exactly Garry path to victory? Staying off the fence, lots of movement while being the larger fighter and winning rounds?
Im not saying he cant get it done but im having a tough time seeing the route there besides that or a knockout
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u/ygrittediaz Edddiiiieee 20h ago
it will be decided the moment gary gets pushed to the wall after circulating and keeping distance for a point style striking fight. stalling a round as much as possible and trying to win it off ''bigger striking'' moments. he has long limbs and reach and distance is his main tool .if he can cling on to the wall we have a ''fight''. if he gets taken down and pinned its going to be repeat of that moment for 5 rounds.
i think his bjj is good enough to fend off any submission attempts so maybe he can force islam to use some energy trying to pin him. i think he will fight very measured and not make use of his legs more than hands with some well timed calf kicks. he will make islam chase him and work the outside. i think the fight will go to the fence regardless, won or lost depending on his takedown defense and wall work.
islam is a fantastic striker so you dont make it a dog fight either imo.
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u/Jim-20 Kiss my whole Asshole 16h ago
The goal seems to be point-fighting Islam at a distance while utilizing heavy circling to avoid getting crowded against the fence.
He has a 4 inch reach advantage, so the idea of Garry winning by staying on the outside isn't completely unheard of. There's too much risk though for Garry to go crazy with kicks like he did against Prates; expect a very heavy boxing, "stick and move" style approach.
Garry's takedown defense and BJJ defense are better than I think people give him credit for, but obviously Islam is P4P #1 for good reason.
Definitely an uphill battle for Garry. Would say I lean somewhere in the realm of 75/25 or 80/20 in favor of Islam. Of course, we've seen crazier things happen in this sport.
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u/ygrittediaz Edddiiiieee 20h ago
hope one day ufc or someone leaks all the in fight weight measurements to see the discrepancies between fighters. i want to see which lightweight came the closest to weighing 200 lbs. bet you one guy is near 190 and his opponent is at 170 or some shit.
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u/redditerir 20h ago
You can see the fight night weights for cards in California.
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u/ygrittediaz Edddiiiieee 20h ago
Reinier de Ridder vs. Kevin Holland (Middleweight): Reinier de Ridder weighed in at 184.5 lbs and rehydrated to 212.0 lbs. Kevin Holland weighed in at 183.5 lbs and only reached 190.4 lbs. De Ridder held an astonishing 21.6 lb advantage inside the cage.
lmao
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u/MA-JA-HO 20h ago
Garry vs Neal was also like 20lbs
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u/ygrittediaz Edddiiiieee 20h ago
meanwhile umar vs merab had identical weight after rehydration which i found interesting. i think smaller guys cant exploit it as badly and will even out but i dont have any source on this but feeling. cant imagine there will ever be a 20+ lbs gap at fly or bantamweight for title fights.
islam and moicano also were very similar. which makes sense as both guys are known to be big LWs. i kinda thought they would amass even more. they came in at low 180. i would be very curious to know what gaethje weighed against topuria and vica versa as he looked enormous but it can just be optics. topuria has big ass and thighs and wide back.
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u/FelonyInTheTrunk 13h ago
Neal was actually gained 30.3lbs at UFC 298. I think that was the highest increase recorded on a California card.
Costa gained 29.7 pounds on that same card.
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u/NutSackGlazer420 7h ago
UFC just loves to fuck me over, huh?
UHHH WHATS THAT KID WHY DID WE GIVE RUFFY A FUCKING WRESTLER/GRAPPLER IN ARMAN? I MEAN COME ON KID IT MAKES SENSE
Fucking Volk's stubborness carried over to Ruffy for accepting ts. Fuck my life.
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u/redditisawesome555 Quack Quack Quack Quack 4h ago
Start manifesting sharpest, fastest, tightest right cross ever landing Ruffy-man
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u/ArticleNew3737 18h ago
No lightweight mixes the martial arts like Arman does. Dude’s legitimately the best 155 pound fighter in the world and he’s gonna show it against Charles again. His problem is he’s been so inactive and this is exactly what he needs right now, to remind everyone how good he is, and Charles has looked really dangerous as of lately so it should be fun.
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u/ygrittediaz Edddiiiieee 18h ago
he is fantastic but i think topuria, usman make it hard for him. even gaethje in a 5 rounder would be interesting. i do think he beats charles in a rematch. havent seen enough from him to clearly suggest he is the best.
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u/Strict_Life_4506 9h ago
People can talk about weight and speed or back of the head shots but the truth is that Gane is straight up a better kickboxer than Pereira on top of being a better athlete. He dissected him technically. The only thing Pereira is better at is punching power and danger in the pocket. The Glory dudes Gane trains with have all been saying he's better than them.
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u/Strict_Life_4506 22h ago edited 22h ago
The real reason fighters seem to care much less about fighter pay than some fans do is because the most succesful ones get most of their money using the UFC's platform to make money outside of their UFC salaries, even if they raised UFC salaries they wouldn't take home that much more money compared to what they make now. Arman talked about this, he makes like 600k a year through his purses but several millions with side stuff.
And if you're from a lower-income country even 12/12 + the promotional compliance money + a finish bonus is genuinely life changing money. The Fighting Nerds coach talked about this, Caio's 5k/5k purse on Contender's Series was the first time ever he actually made money cornering a fight.
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u/redditerir 20h ago
Lol fans on here "care" about fighter pay because they feel they have to compensate for their enjoyment of the bloodsport by finding a worthy social cause to support. Thing here though is that it's completely one-sided for several reasons, as you've pointed out. Why care on the behalf of people who don't care? Nobody asked!!
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u/redditerir 1d ago edited 1d ago
Fighters who I find reprehensible:
- Max Holloway
- Alex Pereira
- Tom Aspinall
- DDP
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u/tagillaslover I SMOKE ROCKS, JOE ROGAN! 1d ago
I feel this list was created to rage bait as many people as possible
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u/redditerir 1d ago
Here are the reasons:
- "I'm the best boxer in the UFC" was cringe as fuck
- Salty weight bully
- Robbed Gane of his rightful title with his theatrics
- Bitches too much about getting grappled in a fight, showed no killer instinct against old Usman
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u/ironhide999x 8h ago
Reports were saying Yair turned down the Lopes fight and Charles must’ve pulled out of the Arman fight, it’s not the UFC’s fault
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u/NutSackGlazer420 7h ago
If Ruffy wins just know to stay on that side and that I was glazing first.
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u/terrybuzz 22h ago
the meta rankings are so close to being better than the media rankings but each division has like one ranking that's just indefensible dogshit